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TIL that violets grow additional underground flowers that self-pollinate in order to increase the chance of successful reproduction

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1a4r8 TIL of the Battle Of Bowmanville in 1942 where approximately 100 Canadian soldiers quelled a rebellion of German POWs using only hockey sticks and water cannons.
EVkV TIL Nazi Germany’s ‘Perfect Aryan’ Propaganda Baby Turns Out To Be Jewish
X0rGj TIL that the Isles of Scilly and the Netherlands were in a bloodless war for 335 years, which officially ended in 1986
9w41Q TIL that the English Premier League doesn't consist of the same teams from year to year, barring an expansion franchise. Instead, the three worst teams of the 20 are relegated to the lower league, the "Championship", and the top three winners in that league move to the Premier.
NE71 TIL In 1995 a 6 year old Tibetan boy was named the eleventh Panchen Lama, detained by the People’s Republic of China, and never seen again.